15-year road ban for who driver feared pregnant wife’s wrath

By Michael MacLeodA NERVOUS husband led cops on an 80mph chase because he feared his pregnant wife would find out he borrowed her car.

Despite having been banned from the roads SEVEN times before, 29 year-old James Simpson agreed to drive from Airdrie to Edinburgh to give a friend a lift.

He then tried to drive home drunk at 2.30am after downing five cans of lager.

But he “panicked” when he saw police and crashed his partner’s Vauxhall Vectra after a 20-minute chase through Edinburgh city centre.

Simpson, of Airdrie, was sent to prison for 18 months and disqualified from driving for 15 years today (Tuesday) at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. The sentence means Simpson is unlikely to see his child’s birth, as court heard that his wife was 16 weeks pregnant.

He drove to the capital last month after getting a call from a friend whose car had been towed and needed a lift.